Earlier in the year, the Trump adminstration had signed a mega phase one deal with China, after intense negotiations between the two countries

More than 120 nations called for an investigation into the origins of the virus at the World Health Assembly in May

Fauci said hopefully we'll be able to get some information, such as with this particular one representative vaccine that we started here in January

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Trump administration formally informs UN of decision to pull out of WHOThe Trump administration has formally notified the United Nations of its decision to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization, officials said, breaking off ties with the global health body amid the expanding coronavirus pandemic. The US has accused the WHO of siding with China on the outbreak of the virus, which originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year, alleging the health body misled the world res...

To withdraw the US from the WHO at the height of a global pandemic is self-defeating and dangerous, said House Majority Leader, Steny Hoyer

Trump has expressed disappointment over China's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in the past. In May, he claimed that it was the \"incompetence\" of Beijing that led to the mass killing across the globe

Some countries are experiencing a resurgence in infections, leading authorities to partially reinstate lockdowns, in what experts say could be a recurring pattern into 2021

Industry experts say this could be only an aspirational target and directive to speed up the trials, than a realistic move to get the vaccine launched within one and a half months

The three genomes showed the greatest resemblance to cases in Europe from February to May, and to cases in South and Southeast Asia from May to June

Bharat Biotech isn't committing a timeline, but considering the necessary processes, and if COVAXIN does not fail at any stage, the earliest it could hit the market is late 2021

Centre's collection trends shows that the overall GST collection in May 2020 could have been close to Rs 70,000 crore compared to Rs 1 lakh crore last year

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus further said, \"No excuse for contact tracing. If any country is saying contact tracing is difficult, it is a lame excuse\"

In just five months, the COVID-19 death toll has overtaken the number of people who die annually from malaria, one of the most deadly infectious diseases

According to the report which is based on a recent COVID-19 survey, one in six tested positive or know a family member who tested positive

The first cases of the new coronavirus were confirmed on Jan. 10 in Wuhan in China, before infections and fatalities surged in Europe, then the United States, and later Russia

The Hotel and Guest House Owners' Association says it'll not allow Chinese guest to stay in their hotels and guesthouses

CAIT has been at the forefront of an anti Chinese products campaign in India following the spread of coronavirus that originated in Wuhan province in China and has ravaged global economy including India

In many sectors like electronics including smartphones, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and automobiles, Indian industries remain heavily reliant on imports from China that cannot be substituted either by local production or from any other source overnight

Why the sharp recovery and sustained run in stock markets is built on weak fundamentals. Despite the fall, they are trading at double the valuation of the 2008 Lehman crash